Imagine America is an institution for the mentally feeble and it will suddenly make complete sense.

Not sure where you have lived, but I've lived in an RV in USA since 1999 in over 25 cities.

I've also lived in Algeria, North Africa. I've lived in Europe, in Cyprus. I've lived in South America, in Arica Chile. I've lived in the Middle East in Amman Jordan. I've lived in Bali Indonesia. I've lived in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. I am not wealthy, I have no children and I worked from home since 1999 (often with my wife, dual income, no children) and I pay basically the same as renting an apartment in an inexpensive city like Fort Wayne, Indiana... living on $1,000/month back in 2001 and say $1,500 a month in Austin Texas back in 2009... before it got too expensive and I left there at end of 2010 to go to Africa.

Imagine America is an institution for the mentally feeble and it will suddenly make complete sense.

Imagine the entire world who adopted social media found junk information and one-line insults to be far more popular and attractive than authentic book learning and study of non-fiction films and content. That people were more attracted to advertising and Reality TV stars as leaders of their nation than sincere, honest educated people. This problem isn't only the USA. This was how I was able to predict the Arab Spring from Austin Texas in December 2009 and was there in North Africa boots on the ground December 3, 2010 before Tunisia went from a online-only resolution to a "hot revolution" that became world famous.

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“Ignorance is king. Many would not profit by his abdication. Many enrich themselves by means of his dark monarchy. They are his Court, and in his name they defraud and govern, enrich themselves and perpetuate their power. Even literacy they fear, for the written word is another channel of communication that might cause their enemies to become united. Their weapons are keen-honed, and they use them with skill. They will press the battle upon the world when their interests are threatened, and the violence which follows will last until the structure of society as it now exists is leveled to rubble, and a new society emerges. I am sorry. But that is how I see it.” ― Walter M. Miller Jr., A Canticle for Leibowitz

like how the fuck did this happen not once but twice? what the fuck, guys?

You aren't the only one who keeps wondering how it keeps happening. Here's another line of terminology and ideas on why...

Mastadon Hashtag "Gullible USA": https://mastodon.social/tags/GullibleUSA

1. "Michael Tomasky. April 21, 2025. Fooled Again Who Were Those Gullible People Who Believed Donald Trump’s Bullshit? His campaign promises, from peace in Ukraine to “beautiful” tariffs, were truly unbelievable. And yet, somehow, many people believed him." - https://newrepublic.com/article/194176/donald-trump-voters-gullible-lies-ukraine-tariffs

2. October 19, 2024 - "America's gullibility crisis. by Zachary Basu. In the heat of this historic election, educated elites who should know better — billionaires, elected officials, journalists — keep falling for fakes, conspiracy theories and outright lies. Why it matters: Human gullibility is not a new phenomenon. But social media and polarized politics are exposing it at industrial scale" - https://www.axios.com/2024/10/19/musk-ackman-election-misinformation